Man, we aren't very good at this...

Well, it's been over a month and Mike and I haven't given you any updates. I am sure you were just losing sleep over it.... here we go.

After being laid off in early December, I just got a new job as a Graphic Designer. I start this week and I am very excited to get back out there and get my mind going again. Don't get me wrong, I loved being a stay-at-home puppy mom and house wife, but I can't do that forever. Unemployment was good to me so we were able to still live a normal life, we just cut back on eating out all the time and some other little things.

Mike was so supportive through it all - at one point I thought about going back to school if I didn't find something by the end of February, but I got lucky and found the job I have been wanting for years. The world works in mysterious ways! Thank you to all my friends and family for your support through that time.

The holidays were great and we were able to enjoy a lot of time with our friends and family. With Mike being off during the Lilly shut down, he was around a lot too. We got an Nintendo Wii from my mom and we have spend many, many countless hours becoming "Rockstars" on Rockband 2. We love it!

Miller graduated from puppy class last Wednesday! He is something else. A fireball - like his mother. He is teething now so we had to pull all of our electrical cords up off the floor as he was chewing his way through all them. Luckily, he wasn't electrocuted and everything could be spliced back together. :)

We had some great pictures taken by our friend Chris Cheever of the boys on Saturday. He did an amazing job and Max and Miller were pros (besides Miller wanting to pee on everything). Sorry, Chris!

I always told myself I wouldn't be one of those people who dresses their dogs up in clothes and took their pictures, but without those dogs, my life would not be the same. What would I have done if I didn't have them and I would have sit at home alone while I was laid off? We love coming home to them and we love spending time with them. There is nothing quite like the love of a dog and you don't even have to bribe or beg them to hang out with you!